Subscribe: / stonedgremlinproductions / thecinemasnob www.thecinemasn... neonharbor.com/... The Cinema Snob reviews the 1981 Cannon ninja film Enter the Ninja.
"The Cannon Group Presents the Tattoo on Some College Girl's Ankle." God damn that was an amazing line just to be glossed over. That's why you're the best, Brad.
+Melinda Louise A secret lab can do an experimental procedure on Kung-Tai Ted allowing him to walk again. After a lengthy training montage he sets off to rescue the Cinema Snob from the ninjas.
Nothing cures the blues like a good ole cheesy 80's ninja flick. Whenever I'm feeling down a viewing of American Ninja 2 always perks me right up, such a masterpiece :D
The George S. Clinton soundtrack really boosts the energy on that one, makes it pair well with Avenging Force too. Hard to beat the pure inscrutable cheesy insanity of Revenge of the Ninja, though.
"We must have Landers' property! I want it!" "Leeeeet's have a cockfiiiiiiiight!" "Yes! Ees like an ahmy!" "Anyone for tennis?" The delivery in this movie is gold. Solid gold.
The Shrug of Death truly is a classic. Though my favorite in the ninja trilogy is still Ninja III: The Domination. It starts out with awesome ninja insanity on a golf-course.... and then spirals farther and farther away into total madness. It truly has to be seen to be believed. But I do wonder... will The Snob ever do the immortal classic known as The Ninja Mission?
"On the plus side, at least your alarm system works properly." Aaaand, cue my phone's alarm going off because I forgot to turn it off when I woke up this morning. Seriously, that's literally what happened. You, sir Cinema Snob, are a prophet.
The reason Hasegawa hasn't learned how to properly pat someone on the head is because in Japan and other parts of Asia, it is considered rude to touch someone on the head. It's thought to be condescending and disrespectful. So it's likely that in this movie, rather than the man being killed by Hasegawa somehow crushing his head with that tiny Asian hand that doesn't even fit around his crown, he more likely symbolically died from the shame of having a little Japanese man touch his head and belittle him.
I can't see a ninja without thinking of that panhandler with the sign that read. Family stolen by ninjas. need $$$ for karate lessons to get them back.
So Sonny Corleone went back to his ethnic homeland, met Franco Nero, joined the French Foreign Legion, fought in the Angolan Bush War, bought a sugar plantation in the Philippines, married Susan George, and gets killed by Sho Kosugi AFTER being shot 500 times by Virgil the Turk's men. What a diverse life Santino Corleone has led.
1980s assassins =A guy that use to be fat and could never get laid, until he found an old Japanese guy preying to his potato chip and montage happens for 2 minutes while a cheesy song plays, then the guy fight some other guys, kills the boss and get laid every second for being 2 cool
"A ninja eliminates...but there are exceptions" Guess you get a lot of liberty in the "exception" part of the job according to the bodycount in this video. These last reviews have been pretty damn amazing, and the year just started! Thanks for all the laughs Snob:)
Hey Brad, you probly never will read this but you should do a review of the Swedish produced Ninja Mission by legend Mats Helge Olsson. The movie that help launch & finance New Line Cinema into greatness.
+Stoned Gremlin Productions but still you've seriously reached a high level of quality in reviews. like i don't want to say "improved" cause you've always been awesome but I guess the word I'm kinda looking for is "matured". ..in the sense of a fine wine or whiskey. Am I being pretentious enough? Can I be a snob now?
+princesstamika Mentioning wine and whiskey in the same sentence? Definitely not snobby enough. A true connoisseur never puts those two things so close together.
The thing that makes Ninjas a joke is the fact that they're not violence crazed kung fu maniacs. In reality they're highly trained spies. They're so good at what they do that they are never detected. If they do kill or incapacitate somebody, it's for the sole purpose of accomplishing their mission. Even then it's usually their final option
+Tim M And real ninjas never wore outfits like that. Ninjas remained unnoticed by blending in. And what's the best way to blend in? By dressing just like everybody else.
Don't forget, they never wore white or black, they wore Dark Blue, they never fought in open combat, and they virtually never spoke. At least some of the weapons were correct.
nothing beats brad talking about ninjas with moustaches! and a kung kwon todd reference, maybe a little norm of the north joke? and appearance from long lost kung thai ted? this video has it all!
Enter the Ninja is mostly a ripoff of Bruce Lee's The Way of the Dragon, because Way of the dragon was about Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) helping a family member preventing the syndicate buying the restaurant while Enter the Ninja is mostly a similar concept where it's Christopher George wants to buy the land from Alex Courtney.
Its crazy how similar the start of this movie is to Ninja Gaiden Black. Main character just shows up, fights ninjas in wilderness, climb cliffs, interior dojo looks very similar, sorta boss fight, turns out its training resulting in main character and "bad guy" sitting down and talking.
*FYI:I wrote this before the end information you gave* No f'n way..this review took me back to my childhood looking up 'Ninja III:Domination' which stars Lucinda Dickey who's ALSO in 'Breakin' which is the next recommended video from CS! WTF?? Actually why am I even surprised, this shit happens to me aalll the time. Scouts Honor ✌
lol, when Brad showed that dude dying in that really awkward way (22:13), I thought he was gonna cut away to that scene from Karate Girl, the worst death scene ever
I only remember two things from the one time I watched this when I was a kid: the opening sequence, and that a friend I watched it with thought Enter The Ninja was the actual name of the main character.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on one point. The Octagon ( 1980) kicked off the ninja movie craze. It just didn't have ninja in the title. But it did have ole Hickory Chuck Norris in it.
"The Cannon Group Presents the Tattoo on Some College Girl's Ankle." God damn that was an amazing line just to be glossed over. That's why you're the best, Brad.
I love the look on Christopher George's face as he falls. It's like, "Eh, whatcha gonna do?"
THE CINEMA SNOB HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY NINJAS.
ARE YOU A BAD ENOUGH DUDE TO RESCUE THE CINEMA SNOB?
+Melinda Louise
Well I can call the cops so they can rescue Brad. As you can see I'm a total badass.
+Melinda Louise A secret lab can do an experimental procedure on Kung-Tai Ted allowing him to walk again. After a lengthy training montage he sets off to rescue the Cinema Snob from the ninjas.
IM A BAD ENOUGH DUDE MOTHERFUCKER
*drives a truck through chuck Norris's house*
Chuck Norris?
Kung Tai Ted???
No, you have to call the best, so good cause he always works alone.
I'm talking about Fast...Ted Fast.
+Kevin H. Pilgrim Because of course thats his name, why wouldnt it be!
"A ninja from Texas. Ha!" LMAO
I love the Snob!
Miss Ted though...
Nothing cures the blues like a good ole cheesy 80's ninja flick. Whenever I'm feeling down a viewing of American Ninja 2 always perks me right up, such a masterpiece :D
The George S. Clinton soundtrack really boosts the energy on that one, makes it pair well with Avenging Force too.
Hard to beat the pure inscrutable cheesy insanity of Revenge of the Ninja, though.
I've seen that clip of the dude shrugging after getting a shuriken in his chest, and now I have context. Sweet.
Man, I miss Kung Tai Ted.
Me too. :(
+Tareltonlives Same here.
+Tareltonlives but he is still alive. anything may happen.
+Tareltonlives And Kung Tai Ted misses the good life.
"Come here, kitty. Come on, kitty, come here. Come on, kitty..."
This was the perfect Cinema Snob episode!
"We must have Landers' property! I want it!"
"Leeeeet's have a cockfiiiiiiiight!"
"Yes! Ees like an ahmy!"
"Anyone for tennis?"
The delivery in this movie is gold. Solid gold.
Sho Kusagi kicked ass back in the 80s!!!
"A true ninja doesn't kill. He eliminates"
I just cant....god
0:31 Brad wrapped in his ninja swaddling cloth.
+1OOOmbr When you think of ninjas, think of Jesus.
+Spook Bus
With Star of David shurikens?
The Shrug of Death truly is a classic.
Though my favorite in the ninja trilogy is still Ninja III: The Domination. It starts out with awesome ninja insanity on a golf-course.... and then spirals farther and farther away into total madness. It truly has to be seen to be believed.
But I do wonder... will The Snob ever do the immortal classic known as The Ninja Mission?
Yes. The shrug of death is indeed a classic. Makes me laugh every time! "Who said I wanted Mr. Parker Alive?"
"You are certain your deeds are for good cause."
...you're ninjas!
"On the plus side, at least your alarm system works properly."
Aaaand, cue my phone's alarm going off because I forgot to turn it off when I woke up this morning. Seriously, that's literally what happened.
You, sir Cinema Snob, are a prophet.
"I have a ninja problem and I need my own now
CALL J.G. WENTWORTH, 877 NINJA NOW!"
Cinnamon Snob
+Sonika Cain Cinnamon Snob Challenge
+Sonika Cain Dont burn Brad like that, he might make you watch the trailer to Demo Reel.
+Sonika Cain Beautiful Cinnamon Snob Too Good For This World, Too Pure
Cinema Snoop.
"Santa Claus is comin straight through the ghetto... and into the world of exploitation films."
maybe his family was killed by this movie and he refuses to support anything mentioning it
Guru: 🎶Every party needs a pooper, that's why they invited you. Party pooooper, party pooooper.🎶
Nail: ...um, Lord Gu-
Guru: 17:11
In soviet russia, ninjas enter you.
From behind even!
In the words of Hikaru Sulu...
"Oh my...."
Glory! I watched the hell out of this as a kid. My mom recorded it on vhs with the first vcr we ever owned and I wore it down playing it so much.
This day was going pretty shitty up until the moment I saw a new Snob video had been uploaded. My day's looking a lot brighter now.
I love smokin a bowl to new Snob vids, and I miss Cannon Films.
The reason Hasegawa hasn't learned how to properly pat someone on the head is because in Japan and other parts of Asia, it is considered rude to touch someone on the head. It's thought to be condescending and disrespectful. So it's likely that in this movie, rather than the man being killed by Hasegawa somehow crushing his head with that tiny Asian hand that doesn't even fit around his crown, he more likely symbolically died from the shame of having a little Japanese man touch his head and belittle him.
I can't see a ninja without thinking of that panhandler with the sign that read.
Family stolen by ninjas. need $$$ for karate lessons to get them back.
"oh no! a ghost!" lmao :D I love your videos!!! Thank you for posting!!
I'm biased, but the Snob needs to review Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon.
Agreed
Enter the Ninja?!
But I don't even know her!!! 😳
I'm surprised that Snob didn't mention that Hasegawa faked his death, changed his name to Okasa, and went on to pursue Lee van Cleef across America.
I lost it at the James Caan bit. I was thinking the exact same thing
So Sonny Corleone went back to his ethnic homeland, met Franco Nero, joined the French Foreign Legion, fought in the Angolan Bush War, bought a sugar plantation in the Philippines, married Susan George, and gets killed by Sho Kosugi AFTER being shot 500 times by Virgil the Turk's men. What a diverse life Santino Corleone has led.
I was crying throughout... the mustache jokes were killing me.
Norm of the North review confirmed.
My god, I remember watching this as a kid.
"A true ninja doesn't kill." Really? Because assassination was their main mission.
It was espionage.
They eliminate. It just sounds more noble. 😝
MUST. INCREASE. CANNON. LIBRARY
#ForTheLoveOf80sCheese
80's ninjas = greatest ninjas, everything before and after have paled in comparison to the hot pink ninjas of the 80's
+ColeVecsion the true fearless ninja, no I'm hiding in the dark to kick you in the ball, it's I'm screaming kiai before slicing up the guy head on
1980s assassins =A guy that use to be fat and could never get laid, until he found an old Japanese guy preying to his potato chip and montage happens for 2 minutes while a cheesy song plays, then the guy fight some other guys, kills the boss and get laid every second for being 2 cool
Thanks Brad! You just made me spit up my coffee with the moment at 19:50! That's a blast from the past!
You know what would be awesome?! A movie that combined Saw with the board game Mousetrap!
You weren't kidding with this film being shot in the Philippines, Brad. I recognize some of the scenery!
"A ninja eliminates...but there are exceptions"
Guess you get a lot of liberty in the "exception" part of the job according to the bodycount in this video.
These last reviews have been pretty damn amazing, and the year just started!
Thanks for all the laughs Snob:)
Wow that ABC bumper takes me back. Saturday mornings watching Reboot and Bump in the Night. Good times.
The "What about Africa" line was meant to show that Cole and Frank Landers served together in the Angolan Bush War.
King Tai Ted= the best ninja who ever lived.
damn... I saw ninja in the title and got my hopes up for a Godfrey Ho movie... *cries single tear*
14:03 is one of my favourite Snob jokes of all time, it really speaks to my ADD and makes me happy.
We need more B-movie ninja movies. Those crazy Christian movies have been getting too much spotlight we need more Ninjas!
I was waiting for that Pierre Kirby reference!
Hey Brad, you probly never will read this but you should do a review of the Swedish produced Ninja Mission by legend Mats Helge Olsson. The movie that help launch & finance New Line Cinema into greatness.
I actually own this movie on DVD for..some reason.
HOLY SHIT. at 19:53 I spit my damn coke out. I'm laughing my damn ass off
Is it just me, or has he improved his game since he left Channel Awesome?
+KilroyTheGreat I'm still on Channel Awesome =)
+Stoned Gremlin Productions blink twice if doug walker has a gun on you....ill give the feds an anonymous tip
+Nick Jermichalesactionjackson I think you mean Mike Michaud.
+Stoned Gremlin Productions but still you've seriously reached a high level of quality in reviews. like i don't want to say "improved" cause you've always been awesome but I guess the word I'm kinda looking for is "matured". ..in the sense of a fine wine or whiskey. Am I being pretentious enough? Can I be a snob now?
+princesstamika
Mentioning wine and whiskey in the same sentence? Definitely not snobby enough. A true connoisseur never puts those two things so close together.
I had a cat neamd Ninja I just figured I'd throw that out there. God damnit I really need to get out more
Sending ninjas through the yard to cut the grass of rich people.... Dude that shit had me dying
J.G. Wentworth "Its my ninja and I want him now!"
04:04 Is that an episode for a future season of Ninja: The Mission Force?
Franco Nero: The first Django
Don't worry guys, Miami Connection still remains the greatest 80's ninja movie of all time.
The thing that makes Ninjas a joke is the fact that they're not violence crazed kung fu maniacs. In reality they're highly trained spies. They're so good at what they do that they are never detected. If they do kill or incapacitate somebody, it's for the sole purpose of accomplishing their mission. Even then it's usually their final option
+Tim M
And real ninjas never wore outfits like that. Ninjas remained unnoticed by blending in. And what's the best way to blend in? By dressing just like everybody else.
spiff2268 Exactly
Don't forget, they never wore white or black, they wore Dark Blue, they never fought in open combat, and they virtually never spoke. At least some of the weapons were correct.
So he doesn't like guns but murders guards without thinking twice? That's a True Ninja indeed.
What do you think of my work of art?
Snob: your ancestor Tiberius would be proud sir
Me: 😆😅🤣
nothing beats brad talking about ninjas with moustaches!
and a kung kwon todd reference, maybe a little norm of the north joke? and appearance from long lost kung thai ted? this video has it all!
I appreciate the cover art for this review, in which Brad cosplays as Pink Guy from the Filthy Frank show.
One of the best reviews Cinema Snob has ever done. I enjoyed it so much...
BTW, Ninja: The Mission Force is legitimately awesome.
You should review the 1976 king kong remake, or its sequel king kong lives...
or even the last dinosaur.
Menahem Golan actually wasn't a bad director i mean "Crime and Punishment" "Delta Force" and specially "Over the Top" Thats a good record right there
+popc52 Agreed.
Thanks Brad i appreciate your response
He directed an adaptation of 'Crime and Punishment'? Starring Charles Bronson and Richard Lynch?
+Sting SniperScope
Richard Lynch, No Bronson
popc52 Is it still an enjoyable popcorn-y B-movie? Or is it an actual honest-to-god attempt at serious filmmaking?
Yesh, just what I needed. A new Cinema Snob video! My day is now better.
10:06 Someone needs to make that into a clip.
Your reviews are getting more funny!! :) Keep up the great work Snob!
I've watched this video more times than I'd like to admit.
Yeees, new episode! :D
Enter the Ninja is mostly a ripoff of Bruce Lee's The Way of the Dragon, because Way of the dragon was about Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) helping a family member preventing the syndicate buying the restaurant while Enter the Ninja is mostly a similar concept where it's Christopher George wants to buy the land from Alex Courtney.
So,Ninja Month on the horizon?
+Francisco Oliveira
I hope so! =D
Its crazy how similar the start of this movie is to Ninja Gaiden Black. Main character just shows up, fights ninjas in wilderness, climb cliffs, interior dojo looks very similar, sorta boss fight, turns out its training resulting in main character and "bad guy" sitting down and talking.
Snob needed a break from bad Christian films and Ninja Kung fu cheesecake is always good
OMG! the ABC commercial interlude got my head hurting from laughing so hard!
MOAR Nija movies? Do want!
Because MOAR.
I love you, Snob!
10:06 "Godamnit! Stop making me sad!"😁
Was disappointed it wasn't a Godfrey Ho movie, but the Pierre Kirby throwback in the end was awesome. :D
More ninja movies coming!? Ohboyohboyohboy!
+Riverhill
I hope =D
I've seen Christopher George's death with Guile's theme attached with it!
You are here arent u Ninja?! Ninja? Ninja? Come here boy! I want my black ninja and i want him now!
*FYI:I wrote this before the end information you gave*
No f'n way..this review took me back to my childhood looking up 'Ninja III:Domination' which stars Lucinda Dickey who's ALSO in 'Breakin' which is the next recommended video from CS! WTF?? Actually why am I even surprised, this shit happens to me aalll the time. Scouts Honor ✌
I used watch all these "USA Up All Night" type of movies at a discount cinema called Gould Cinema here in San Jose years ago.
Segal reference. Classic Snob :)
"Didn't even get to tell him he fucked his wife !"
And I lost my brain :D
lol, when Brad showed that dude dying in that really awkward way (22:13), I thought he was gonna cut away to that scene from Karate Girl, the worst death scene ever
Only thing this ninja movie lacks is the Garfield phone.
21:55
"JG Wentworth *is* The Black Ninja!"
That first toss of the caltrops, literally the first thing I learned in ninjitsu class.
I only remember two things from the one time I watched this when I was a kid: the opening sequence, and that a friend I watched it with thought Enter The Ninja was the actual name of the main character.
I loved this review and your other ones Brad... hope you could make more of the reviews of the Cannon ninja films of the 80s!
Finally, I knew that eventually u would do this movie. thx Brad
I'm going to have to disagree with you on one point. The Octagon ( 1980) kicked off the ninja movie craze. It just didn't have ninja in the title. But it did have ole Hickory Chuck Norris in it.
I just found about and watched the Apple and oh my got I would love to see Brad do a review of it ::crosses fingers for the next musical month::
+pkisfubar www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/the-apple
hmmmm :D
Cannon Films forever.
Yess instant classic review
YES! Kung Tai Ted cameo! Now come on 80's Dan! Come on 80's Dan!
I take it from how this review was concluded that we're likely to see American Ninja reviewed next ...
Gotta love the 'made for tv movie' music.
YAS. New snob video.